Friday's updates--which bring optimization improvements and a few small new features to Final Cut, Motion, and Compressor--are nice boosts to each of the programs, but are also perhaps a move to reassure Apple's pro customers that Aperture's fate was limited to it alone.

Over on the Final Cut side, version 10.1.2 brings a variety of improvements to the program, including several new bonuses for editors:

" Optimized, proxy, and rendered media can be stored at any location outside of the library